Cruelty- terrify cities into surrender- killed everyone in the city in revenge for murdering Mongol traders- cities would surrender and pay tribute rather than face the Mongol fighters. III. Khanates- ruled by Ogadai (title Great Khan) Pushed as far as Venice and Vienna, leveled Kiev- was on a roll but died in 1260 A. Khanate of the Great Khan- Mongolia and China B. Khanate of Chagatai- Central Asia C. The Ilkhanate- Persia D. Khanate of the Golden Horde-Russia IV. Kublai Khan- takes the title of Great Khan and completes his promise to grandfather that he will conqueror China A. Yuan dynasty- 1279-1368 A.D.- First foreign power to rule China 1. united China for the 1st time in 300 years 2. Mongol control led to greater foreign trade and contact 3. tolerated Chinese culture and made few changes to government B.
After this victory in Kazan, Ivan was not thought of as a boy anymore by his people and became known as Ivan the Terrible. The term 'terrible' was used to show the people's respect for Ivan as a leader. It is said that Ivan blinded the architect who he had construct the cathedral to be sure that no cathedral was ever built to look similar. Ivan suspected that Anastasia was poisoned and became obsessed with seeking out the culprits. He married six more times after this only for political advantages.
He then further proceeded to give the nobility a hard time by creating a Table of Ranks. This table made ones social standing a matter of how much you give back to the central state as opposed to simply coming from a well-to-do family. Next Peter proceeded to suppress the unruly guard, known as the streltsy, in a much less diplomatic fashion. After their rebellion was brutally suppressed, over a thousand of them were made an example to the people through public executions and by leaving their bodies on display to those who might also think to rebel. Finally he confronted the extremely traditional Russian Orthodox Church by kicking out the patriarch and instating a secular procurator general to rule the church in accordance with secular requirements.
But rather than waiting on being attacked, Cortes determined to anticipate them. He had some of the city lords called saying that he wished to speak to them and shut them in the chamber by themselves. After the five hour firing to some houses and towers where natives defended themselves, Cortes and his army with the help of Tascaltecal and Cempoal natives, forced all the people out of the city. 3. After evaluating Cortes letter to the king, I believe that it is subjective towards the Native American civilization.
He had gained the loyalty of the nobleman of Wallachia by forcing them to work with the peasants in preparing and building his castle high up on a mountain. By insuring the loyalty of his people, Vlad Dracul III publically impaled the victims that disobeyed him. He quickly became a person to be feared rather than popular by the people of Wallachia. After Vlad Dracul III had sequired his throne, he had restored the morals and the higherchy of Wallachia, which resulted in slaughtering of thousands of the people in his own Empire that were not loyal to him regardless the severity of their offence, as well as old people and the children that were not useful for battle and cost him resources. He kept the impaled corpses of his victims in front of his caste for the fear of the enemy, and for his reputation of being the absolute
While life was extremely brutal under Mongol rule in both Russia and the Middle East, the extent of the brutality was different in each region due to the way the conquest of that region occurred. Mongol takeover of Russia was fast and relatively easy just like in the Middle East. However Russia was composed of independent kingdoms that refused to ban together to stand against the Golden Horde which lead to a quick and deadly downfall unlike in the Middle East where Islamic kingdoms combined to fight the Mongol onslaught. The Golden Horde took over Russia by going from kingdom to kingdom and killing everyone that stands and opposes them. If a kingdom was to fight and lose to the Mongol cavalry then the entire city would be looted and then
14 Mongol Domination in Eastern Eurasia Mongol Conquest * Khubilai declared himself Great Khan after Ogodeis death * Jagai did not accept him-> destroyed Karakorum (old capital) * Made new Capital at Bejing and set up Yuan Empire * Yuan * To unify china had to fight people * Destroyed Southern Song and then Annam and then invaded Champa * Tried getting Java -> Unsuccessful The Yuan Empire * Khubilai Khan * Made China Like him by Confucianism giving his son a Chinese name, etc * Focuse Laws around Confucian Thoughts * Made Beijing Capital * Strategic point for trade (routes protected by imperial gaurds * Reunited China * Mongols did not copy old Chinese gov style * Taxing -> tax farming * Brought Persians, Arabs, Uigurs and Turkic people to be administrators * Increased trade * Tried to use paper money to help economic issues. Increase in copper coins * Mandarin becomes official lang under mongols * Legal status – Determined by when you were conquered 1. Mongols – Warrors 2. Central Asians and Middle Eastern – Political Functions 3. North Chinese – 2nd to last to be
Some felt that other countries were progressing at a faster pace and the Tsar should embrace their way of thinking. Dissatisfaction with the autocracy climaxed following the Bloody Sunday massacre in 1905 where workers had their pleas for equality rejected as the Tsars troops shot hundreds of unarmed protesters resulting in huge national turmoil. Father Gapon described the scene “The crowd first knelt and then lay flat down, hiding their heads from the rain of bullets…at last the firing ceased. I stood up with a few others who remained uninjured and looked down at the bodies that lay around me…I saw the scarlet stain of blood upon the snow…horror crept into my heart. The thought flashed through my mind: “This is the work of our Little Father, the Tsar.
They loved the Tsar and believed he would help them, so protested for better living conditions. Their protest was brutally put down by the Imperial Guard since they were shot down by the czar’s troops. This incident “Bloody Sunday” destroyed the people’s faith in the Czar. Strikes and revolts exploded around the country. • In response to massive protest he created the October Manifesto (propositions) and promised to grant more rights, such as freedom of speech, meeting and association.
In the United States a number of prominent leaders and organizations established fundraising drives for the remnants of the "Starving Armenians". In Europe the Allied Powers gave public notice that they would hold personally responsible all members of the Turkish government and others who had planned or participated in the massacres. Yet, within a few years, these same governments and statesmen turned away from the Armenians in total disregard of their pledges. Soon the Armenian genocide had become the "Forgotten Genocide". In effect, the Turkish government had succeeded in its diabolical plan to exterminate the Armenian population from what is now Turkey.